Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0 Web Interface path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Interface. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-1999-0842. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Web Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0 web interface server allows remote users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

The weakness was published 11/29/1999 by Ussr Labs (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0842. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 86453 (Symantec Mail-Gear Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1125.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3649), Exploit-DB (19644), SecurityFocus (BID 827†), OSVDB (1144†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5442†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mail-Gear 1.1
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: symantec.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Ussr Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0842 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0842
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15005
X-Force: 3649
SecurityFocus: 827 - Symantec Mail-Gear Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1144 - Symantec Mail-Gear Arbitrary File Access
Vulnerability Center: 5442 - Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0 Web Interface Directory Traversal Attack, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 15:12
Updated: 12/18/2024 05:57
Changes: 06/22/2014 15:12 (66), 05/24/2019 22:28 (1), 12/18/2024 05:57 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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